Anarchist leader put in punishment cell on birthday
August 31, BPN. Anarchist leader Mikałaj Dziadok has been placed in a punishment cell in Hrodna’s Prison No 1, the Viasna Human Rights Center reported on August 31.
Prison guards checked on him as he was having breakfast on his birthday, August 23, to find fault with his outfit and behavior.
Mikałaj (Mikoła) Dziadok was arrested on November 11, 2020 in a house in the Sasnovy settlement by the interior ministry’s organized crime unit GUBOPiK. Human rights activists said he was heavily beaten and pepper sprayed.
Dziadok told the court that after the arrest, police took him to GUBOPiK’s premises in Minsk, where they “beat, used a stun gun and threatened with rape.” They demanded that the activist should give out Telegram channels’ passwords and administrators.
On November 10, 2021 the Minsk City Court sentenced Dziadok to five years in a general regime colony. Judge Anastasija Papko found him guilty of calls for action aimed at harming national security, organization of/active participation in group actions grossly disturbing public order, and illegal handling of combustible assault items. The activist pleaded not guilty.
On June 28, the Horki District Court in the Mahiloŭ region reportedly ruled that Dziadok should be transferred to the prison for two years and 10 months.
Human rights groups say his persecution is politically motivated.
- PoliticsRyžankoŭ meets with Botswana’s top diplomatThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, Security
- Politics, SecurityZapad-2025 moved inland, scaled down, Łukašenka confirmsThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityUkrainian man sentenced to six years for attempting to smuggle draft dodger to BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics
- Politics, SecurityPoland’s Tusk calls for tougher measures to stop asylum seekersThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyBelarus’ deficit in goods trade widens to $2.6 billion in January-MayThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Security, SocietyDrones, energetic materials new majors in Belarusian higher educationThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- Politics, SecurityŁukašenka accuses West of militarization ahead of Zapad 2025 drillThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Economy
- EconomyPrivate companies’ overdue loan debt rises six-fold year on yearThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyIndividuals’ overdue debt on loans up 23.6 percentThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Politics, SecurityDead Eritrean found near shared border with Latvia, Belarus saysThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- Germany news, PoliticsGerman MPs join For a Democratic Belarus group’s new lineupThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyPutin’s crony delivering goods from occupied Ukraine to BelarusThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsReprisals: concerns grow over jailed pundit Kaściuhova’s healthThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyLibyan delegation in MinskThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- EconomyUpper house approves fines for vegetable shortagesThe material is available only to POZIRK+
- PoliticsŁukašenka says Belarusians should be grateful to his government for staying out warThe material is available only to POZIRK+